Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
  • H02H3/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection
  • H02H3/26—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to difference between voltages or between currents; responsive to phase angle between voltages or between currents
  • H02H3/32—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to difference between voltages or between currents; responsive to phase angle between voltages or between currents involving comparison of the voltage or current values at corresponding points in different conductors of a single system, e.g. of currents in go and return conductors
  • H02H3/33—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to difference between voltages or between currents; responsive to phase angle between voltages or between currents involving comparison of the voltage or current values at corresponding points in different conductors of a single system, e.g. of currents in go and return conductors using summation current transformers
  • H02H3/334—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to difference between voltages or between currents; responsive to phase angle between voltages or between currents involving comparison of the voltage or current values at corresponding points in different conductors of a single system, e.g. of currents in go and return conductors using summation current transformers with means to produce an artificial unbalance for other protection or monitoring reasons or remote control

Definitions

• the invention relates to a protective switching device, in particular to a residual current circuit breaker, with a summation current transformer which monitors a line network and which triggers a trigger coupled to a switch lock for actuating a circuit breaker.
• Such a protective switching device is used to ensure protection against dangerous body current in an electrical system. This is the case, for example, when a person touches a live part of an electrical system. The fault current then flows through the person as body current against earth. The circuit breaker used to protect against dangerous body currents safely and quickly disconnects the affected circuits from the mains if the rated fault current is exceeded.
• circuit breaker The structure of a circuit breaker is known, for example, from "etz", volume 107 (1986), number 20, pages 938 to 945. There, in particular in Figures 1 to 3, there are block diagrams and functional principles of a residual current circuit breaker (Fl circuit breaker) and a residual current circuit breaker (Dl circuit breaker) shown.
• Fl circuit breaker residual current circuit breaker
• Dl circuit breaker residual current circuit breaker
• the FI and Dl circuit breakers are constructed in a similar way from three modules.
• a total current transformer through the transformer core of which all current-carrying conductors of a line network are led, induces a voltage signal in its secondary winding in the event of a fault current, which triggers a trigger connected to the secondary winding.
• the trigger is in turn coupled to a key switch via which the contacts respond when the trigger is activated 2 of a circuit breaker located in the or each line can be opened.
• the Fl circuit breaker draws the energy required for tripping from the fault current independently of the mains voltage, while the triggering of the DC circuit breaker takes place depending on the mains voltage.
• the DI tripping circuit of the D-switch or D-addition is supplied with the signal emitted by the summation current transformer in an amplified manner by means of an auxiliary energy-dependent electronics unit when a fault current occurs in the electrical circuit fed by the mains.
• a test device is provided with a test button, which is usually connected between the neutral conductor (N) and a phase conductor (L1, L2, L3) of the line network.
• N neutral conductor
• L1, L2, L3 phase conductor
• remote control is often provided in such circuit breakers, via which the circuit breaker and thus the circuit breaker coupled to it can be actuated externally, for example for activation.
• a normally open contact can be connected in parallel to the test contact either via a remote tripping line.
• Another option is to provide a separate winding on the summation current transformer in addition to the test winding, which is connected between two outer conductors or between a phase conductor and the neutral conductor via a current limiting resistor when a remote release switch is actuated.
• these two variants for remote triggering additionally disadvantageously require at least one auxiliary contact.
• the feed lines to 3 remote release switch and the switch contact of the remote release must be designed to be particularly voltage-proof.
• the invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a protective switching device, in particular a DC protective switch, which can be triggered remotely in a simple and reliable manner while avoiding the disadvantages mentioned.
• a trigger circuit which controls the trigger for remote triggering.
• the trigger circuit comprises a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, which is connected on the primary side to the trigger via a control circuit.
• the trigger circuit When the transformer is activated, preferably by short-circuiting its secondary winding, the trigger circuit generates a control signal for the trigger on the primary side of the transformer.
• the trigger circuit expediently additionally has an oscillator in the form of a square-wave generator which points to the 4 primary winding of the transformer is working.
• the frequency is chosen as high as possible, since the inductive resistance of the primary winding of the transformer increases proportionally with the frequency.
• the frequency is expediently set between 500 Hz and 5 kHz.
• the trigger circuit has a comparator connected on the primary side to the transmitter, which is connected on the output side to the trigger circuit of the trigger.
• a response threshold for the trigger in the case of remote triggering can be set by comparing the primary signal of the transmitter with a reference signal in order to generate a corresponding control signal.
• an ohmic / shear resistor is connected downstream of the comparator within the trigger circuit on the primary side of the transformer. This is particularly advantageous if the power supply to the trigger circuit is live after remote triggering. In view of a minimal current consumption, a resistor with greater than or equal to 10 k ⁇ is expediently particularly expedient. 5
• the reference signal source provided for generating the reference signal within the trigger circuit has a reference voltage divider which is connected in series with a Zener diode to a supply voltage. This ensures that the reference voltage is zero as long as the increasing operating voltage remains below the response voltage of the Zener diode when the supply voltage is switched on. The reference voltage then drops to zero as a result of the supply voltage being switched off when the falling operating voltage falls below the response voltage of the Zener diode. This effectively prevents false tripping by means of remote control electronics when switching on and switching off the power supply.
• the transmitter is expediently connected to the ground on the secondary side via a series connection of at least two ohmic resistors.
• the control circuit preferably has a comparator which is connected on the output side to the trigger via a controllable, electronic switch.
• the electronic switch is expediently a transistor whose
• Control input is connected to the comparator, and in its collector-emitter circuit the trip relay coil of a trip relay is connected.
• the advantages achieved by the invention are, in particular, that remote tripping without auxiliary contact is possible by means of a tripping circuit acting on the tripping device on the secondary side of a summation current transformer of a protective switching device, with a transformer connected primarily to the tripping device.
• a tripping circuit acting on the tripping device on the secondary side of a summation current transformer of a protective switching device, with a transformer connected primarily to the tripping device.
• FIG. 1 shows schematically the structure of a DC circuit breaker with a trigger circuit for remote triggering
• FIG. 2 shows the circuit structure of the trigger circuit according to FIG. 1.
• the trip circuit 2 comprises a summation current transformer 6, through the primary transformer core 7 of which all current-carrying lines of a single-phase or multi-phase line network Ln are passed.
• the secondary winding 8 of the summation current converter 6 is connected to a comparator 13 of the control circuit 3 via an electronic amplifier 10 with rectification and a tripping time delay 12 connected downstream thereof.
• the comparator 13 On the output side, the comparator 13 is guided to a controllable electronic switch, which in turn is connected to the trigger 4.
• the switch is in the 7 is a bipolar npn transistor 14, the base of which is driven by the comparator 13, and in whose collector-emitter circuit connected to an operating voltage U B a trigger relay coil 15 of the trigger 4 is connected.
• the trigger 4 is coupled to a mechanism in the form of a switch lock 16, which acts on a switching path of a circuit breaker 18 located in each line of the line network Ln.
• Switch lock 16 opens the switching paths of the circuit breaker 18 and thereby the defective part of the system is switched off.
• the trigger 4 can also be controlled by remote triggering.
• the trigger circuit 5 includes one
• Transmitter 20 with a primary winding N1 and a secondary winding N2, via which the trigger circuit 5 can be activated by means of a remote trigger signal S f .
• a square wave oscillator 22 acts on the primary winding N1 of the transformer 20. If the transformer 20 is short-circuited on the secondary side, the voltage at the primary winding Nl of the transformer 20 breaks down. This is detected by a comparator 24 connected to the transmitter 20 on the primary side. When a reference voltage U Ref is exceeded, the comparator 24 intervenes to control the release relay coil 15 of the release 4 8 the trigger circuit 2 by the trigger circuit 5 feeding the comparator 13 of the control circuit 3 a corresponding control signal S s . This intervention takes place behind the release circuit 2 and thus after the release time delay 12, if one is provided.
• the structure of the trigger circuit 5 for remote triggering is shown in FIG. 2.
• the transformer 20 has a voltage divider connected in parallel with the secondary winding N2 and consisting of two ohmic resistors R11 and R12 which are connected to ground PE. This prevents electrostatic charging of the remote release line (not shown) connected from the remote release to the connections FA1 and FA2.
• the remote release lines are connected to the secondary winding N2 of the transformer 20 via connections FA1 and FA2.
• the square wave oscillator 22 connected to the primary winding N1 is formed by a comparator VI with the circuitry shown from the resistors Rl to R4 and the capacitor C1.
• the frequency f is preferably set between 500 Hz and 5 kHz.
• a primary inductance L P > 1H which can be realized with a minimal overall volume of the transformer 20 and a line 9 length 1 between the transmitter 20 and a (not shown) remote release switch of 1 ⁇ 300m is taken into account.
• the voltage across the primary winding Nl of the transformer 20 is rectified and smoothed by means of a diode Dl and a capacitor C2. If the secondary winding N2 of the transformer 20 is short-circuited due to remote tripping, the voltage at the primary winding N1 breaks down and the capacitor C2 is discharged via a resistor R6 connected in parallel with it. If the voltage across the capacitor C2 falls below the reference voltage U Ref of the comparator 24 designed as an inverting comparator V2 with hysteresis, its output changes from low level to high level. For this purpose, the comparator V2 is connected to the resistors R9, RIO and to the capacitor C3 in the manner shown.
• the level change is used for the control of the control circuit 3 in that the comparator V2 (24) supplies the corresponding control signal S ⁇ via the comparator 13 to the base-side control input of the transistor 14. As a result, the transistor 15 is turned on, so that the release relay coil 15 of the release 4, which is connected to the operating voltage U B via its collector-emitter circuit, has current flowing through it.
• the transformer 20 is short-circuited on the secondary side using an NC contact as a remote release switch. Falling below the reference voltage U Ref would then trigger the trigger 4 as a result of a change in the control signal S 3 of the comparator 24 (V2) of the trigger circuit 5.

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